Book description
From its bravura opening onwards, THE CROW ROAD is justly regarded as
an outstanding contemporary novel. 'It was the day my grandmother
exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly
snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it
always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.' Prentice
McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish
family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he
is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and
illegal substances… Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial
public notice with the publication of his first novel, THE WASP FACTORY,
in 1984. He has since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for
both his mainstream and his science fiction novels.
